Ice Storm — Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

2014-12-28 to 2014-12-30 · Lower Yukon Valley, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A low pressure moving from the north Pacific Ocean across the far western Alaska Peninsula into Bristol Bay brought a flow of moist air over southwest Alaska on the 28th through 30th. Anvik reported 8 inches of new snow by the afternoon of the 29th, while farther to the south the Holy Cross AWOS reported a total of 0.23 inches of rain from the early morning of the 28th through the early morning of the 30th. The Russian Mission AWOS and Shageluk AWOS each reported less than one tenth of an inch during this time.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 554953. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.